英文摘要 |
Over the past two decades (1980–2005), the dynamic changes in the primeage female labor force participation rates and employment rates in Taiwan showed an interesting trend. They experienced high growth in 1980–1996, stagnation during 1996–2000, and slowgrowth after 2000. This study found changes in the demographic structure in Taiwan to be an important factor behind such trends. Differences across demographic groups, however, were explained by changes in skill distributions, in the prices paid for the skill, and in women’s labor supply behaviors. The stagger in skill prices overall, and the declines in market opportunities for the low-wage group were found to be responsible for the stagnation and low growth after 1996. Females with children aged 6 or below and with lowest family incomes were the major sources of the growth in employment rates after 1996. The employment rates of unmarried women have deteriorated since 2000. |